Gnats, a fort and a great dinner: Toronto Day 10 (2 May 2014)

We’ve been waiting for an opportunity to visit Fort York, the historic site we can see from the window of our airbnb place on Fort York Boulevard. With time running out, and the day at least not raining, this seemed to be the day. But first, you wouldn’t think that a day’s temperature in double … Read more

Being flâneurs in Montreal: Toronto Day 6 (28 April 2014)

We spent our last day in Montreal walking around various sites, the first of which was Canada’s biggest Catholic Cathedral, St Joseph’s on the edge of Parc Mont-Royal. St Joseph’s is in quite a different part of Montreal, to where we’d been, but we enjoyed our little foray. St Joseph’s OratorySt Joseph’s is a huge … Read more

It could have been worse: Montreal Day 1 (26 April 2014)

That is, it could have been snowing, but it was only raining – with a maximum of 8°C. Canadians might call that spring, but we’d call that winter! However, we can be hardy with the best of them so, having arrived in Montreal according to schedule, we set off sightseeing. (Sue was selected for her first … Read more

Ticking off the districts: Toronto Day 4 (24 April 2014)

We’ve already written about visiting Liberty Village and Kensington Market, passing through Chinatown, and spending time Downtown (at the Eaton Centre). So Day 4 was the Distillery District‘s turn, but first … Free lunchtime concerts Hannah has been doing a good job of providing ideas for our sightseeing while she’s been at work. One of these … Read more